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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pellinore, post: 3046738, member: 74834&quot;]Two tetradrachms that are rather alike. The left one I bought in 1974, the right one last February at a coin fair not far from here. In the meantime I had stopped collecting coins - for thirty years. And I bought both coins from the same seller! He must be eighty now, but still has the sprightly young man of the early days inside. </p><p><br /></p><p>At the backside of the cardboard holder I saw that my recent buy probably was from the same collection as the first one, both coins were brought from Egypt in March 1973!</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Left</i> AE tetradrachm Claudius II Gothicus. Alexandria year 3 = 270. Obv. Laureate head right. AVT K KLAVDIOC CEB. Rev. wide-legged eagle standing right, head and tail left, wreath in beak. L left, gamma right of eagle. 19 mm, 9.42 gr. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>Right</i> AE tetradrachm Claudius II Gothicus. Alexandria year 2 = 269. Obv. Laureate head right. AVT K KLAVDIOC CEB. Rev. eagle standing half-right, head and tail left, wreath in beak. L left, B right of eagle. Bit of red rust. 20.5 mm, 10.78 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]761401[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]761403[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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